Derk Frank
Interventional / Structural Cardiology
Kiel University
About
Derk Frank works in Interventional / Structural Cardiology affiliated with Kiel University.
Prof. Dr. med. Derk Frank is Professor of Cardiology and Angiology at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and Medical Director of the Clinic for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine) at University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Campus Kiel. He has been a DZHK Principal Investigator since 2015 and Deputy Spokesperson for the DZHK partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck since 2020. His clinical and research focus includes interventional cardiology with emphasis on catheter-based valve therapies and translational studies of myocardial reverse remodeling after valve interventions.
Research focus
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)Structural Heart Disease InterventionsMyocardial Hypertrophy and Reverse RemodelingAortic Valve StenosisInterventional Cardiology in Cardiogenic Shock and ECMO
Impact
282 pubs · 5,477 cites · h-index 36
Training
MD (Doctorate)
Georg-August University Göttingen
Medicine
University of Göttingen (with stays in Boston and Zurich)
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor of Cardiology and Angiology; Medical Director, Clinic for Internal Medicine III
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel / UKSH Campus Kiel · 2022 - Present
Senior Consultant / Senior Physician
UKSH Campus Kiel · 2011 - 2022
Specialist / Resident in Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Heidelberg University Hospital · 2003 - 2010